humor

Example Sentences

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While Mirman appears a bit banged up in the photo, it did not keep him from including a dash of humor in his update.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Fares, who was killed in 2018, was known for his dry sense of humor and weekly protests with memes on banners.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Random observations on the silliness of all the action—“That monkey just used his cuteness for crime!”—are about as close as we get to humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

When attached to a character, indeterminacy manifests itself as confusion, and the novel mines a lot of humor from the bumbling of its poet-antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

This icy, jostling wagon ride had shaken the last bit of humor right out of my bones.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson